Vermont Bike Challenge , May 1 To September 30, 2013 Challenge yourself, challenge your friends. Get on your bike and win great prizes! REGISTER TODAY! VISIT WWW.NATIONALBIKECHALLENGE.ORG AND CLICK “JOIN.” NOTE: This link takes you to the National Bike Challenge, the parent event of the Vermont Bike Challenge. After you enter your information, you will be taken to the […]
Continue readingA perfect fit for a soon to be graduating senior who is interested in water quality, compliance, and law. Looking for a computer savvy person who would be able to put together a simple database/tracking tool to track our environmental compliance efforts and the compliance reports that we require of permittees. This job will be a perfect […]
Continue readingMay 1 to September 30, 2013
Before we get into the details, though, let’s do a little victory dance. In case you didn’t hear: Vermont WON the National Bike Challenge in 2012! We had more points per capita than any other state. And with your help, we’ll do it again this year!
TOP FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2013 CHALLENGE:
1. Since Champlain College is already registered as a participating workplace in the Challenge, you do NOT need to re-register your company. Champlain College will automatically show up in the drop-down menu when your employees sign up for the Challenge, and all their points will automatically count for your company.
Trees, trees, trees!!!!! Join us Saturday, April 27th for a community tree planting event! We will be planting 14 large shade trees (~15 feet tall, 2.5-3 in. caliper) on Cedar, Rose, and Lafountain Streets in the Old North End and need volunteers to help dig holes and plant the trees. The event will begin at 9am at […]
Continue readingThe Vermont Bioenergy Program recently completed an exciting series of short videos covering 5 years of Vermont Bioenergy projects and the farms & people involved, and they’re gearing up to promote the videos featuring oilseeds to biodiesel, grass as a heating fuel, and algae to biofuels and wastewater management. All of the videos are now on the VSJF-Vermont Bioenergy […]
Continue readingVermont’s Energy Choices: Old Dirty Problems and Clean Energy Solutions Saturday, April 27th, 1:30 PM at the Billings Auditorium at UVM in Burlington Do you want to stop dirty energy? How can we find common ground in promoting wind, solar and other renewables? Come find out more and learn how to make a difference! If […]
Continue readingOn behalf of the Sustainability Improves Student Learning initiative (SISL), you’re invited to participate in a one-hour discussion centered around the opportunities and challenges of teaching STEM content in the context of real-world societal issues such as sustainability, climate change, public health and others.
Background: The SISL initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is leveraging the influence of 11 STEM disciplinary societies to contextualize undergraduate STEM teaching and learning in terms of 21st century global challenges. The ultimate goal is to prepare students who not only understand the scientific and societal dimensions of the challenges we face, but who also are motivated and equipped to help solve the underlying problems. These discussions will contribute to this goal by helping to identify best practices, opportunities, barriers, and effective framing for infusing these issues into STEM curricula.
Who should participate: All faculty in the science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM) disciplines, particularly those who teach the introductory courses, are invited to participate. Participants can be at any stages in their career and work at 2-year and 4-year colleges and universities. We encourage participation from those who currently incorporate societal challenges (e.g. sustainability, climate change, public health, etc.) into their teaching as well as those who do not currently do so. Participants need not be a member of one of the disciplinary societies engaged in SISL.
There will be 1-2 fossil free fellows thru 350.org’s program. Apply by Sunday or ASAP! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GblEpZwqz3XISZ0iCyL2ecT6hib7tgFXWbzP_sSo-a0/viewform Check out 3 other positions here: https://world.350.org/vermont/2013-summer-internships/ Need to have resume, writing sample and letter by Wednesday 4/10.
Walk ‘n Roll News: Walking Distance, Cycle the City Re-launch, Kidical Mass! Click here for the full newsletter!
Save the dates!
Intervale Center Native Plant-a-thons
May 4 * May 18 * May 25
Get outside. Have fun. Make a difference.
This spring, we need your help! Volunteer with the Intervale Conservation Nursery and plant more than 2000 trees in Waitsfield, Essex and Williston that will protect Vermont’s water quality, mitigate climate change, and restore our native landscape.